The Cigar Industry Report is a one-stop place to catch up on the activity here at Cigar Coop. It is a combination of the news reports, cigar reviews, and assessment updates we do throughout the week. In addition, each week we will look back at Cigar Coop history. Look for this report every Saturday morning at […]
Agile Cigar Reviews are cigar assessments where we use a lightweight, shorter format. These will never take the place of our comprehensive reviews. They are only used on blends we have previously assessed. This might be a blend we are re-scoring or giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
AJ Fernandez Cigars’ New World Tin offering, a product that was first launched at Tobacco Plus Expo (TPE) 2020 is now making its way to retailers. The New World tins will contain six of the 4 x 36 New World Cigars. The tins will also be available in five-count display sleeves. The cigar is a […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Espinosa Cigars launched the second installment of its limited-edition Las 6 Provincias series, the Las 6 Provincias MTZ. This is a series that pays homage to the pre-Castro era of Cuba with the packaging and banding reflecting that. The name Las 6 Provincias means “six provinces” – and it […]
Tonight, Prime Time hits the three year milestone for broadcasting, and we are bringing back the one and only Pete Johnson to mark the occasion. We will catch up on the happenings at Tatuaje, plus get Pete’s opinions on a variety of industry topics. This will be an episode that you will not want to […]
In 2019, General Cigar would release its second exclusive release for the Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) under its CAO brand known as the CAO Brazilia Select. The CAO Brazilia line is one of the iconic lines of the CAO brand, highlighted by its Brazilian Araparica wrapper. With CAO Brazilia Select, this would be […]
Aganorsa Leaf has announced the return of the JFR Lunatic Torch. This is a brush foot cigar that first made its debut in 2015. The cigar itself consists of 100% Aganorsa Leaf Tobacco highlighted by a Nicaraguan Corona ’99 wrapper from Jalapa. The blend also features a double binder and fillers from Estelí and Jalapa. […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Joya de Nicaragua released a new cigar under its Antaño brand known as the Joya de Nicaragua Antaño CT. The CT stands for Connecticut and that is because the Antaño CT is a Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade wrapped offering under its Antaño brand. The Antaño is perhaps the best-known brand […]
New Hampshire retailer Two Guys Smoke Shop will be the recipient of an exclusive cigar from Davidoff’s Zino brand. It’s the latest installment in the Zino Platinum Exclusive Series, a series of limited edition cigars produced by the brand. The Zino Platinum Exclusive Two Guys Smoke Shop Edition will go on sale beginning Friday, April […]
Launching “The Blog” component on Cigar Coop has provided us new avenues to deliver content in addition to our industry-leading news and reviews. Recently our friends at Perdomo Cigars announced a series of educational videos for their YouTube channel hosted by Nick Perdomo. Today we include the seventh installment of the series, “The Understanding of Humidity […]
General Cigar’s Cohiba Royale, a cigar the company describes as the strongest Cohiba offering to date, has begun arriving at retailers. “Cohiba Royale was created with the cigar connoisseur in mind, bringing to life the microclimates and fertile soils of the Caribbean and Central America in a way that is unique to the brand. All […]
Over the past few years, AJ Fernandez has been certainly making his mark on putting his own impression of several legacy brands that have originated in Cuba. We’ve seen this with brands such as Punch, Hoyo de Monterrey, Montecristo, Romeo y Julieta, Gispert, Trinidad, and H. Upmann. The first release for the H. Upmann brand […]
